age discrimination?

i applied for a job. don't ask questions, i just did, that's all. anyhow, the man doing the interview said, "how old are you? 39? well, you do understand the physical intensity of this job? in fact, i've never had a guy over 20 yrs old that could last more than a couple weeks." if i don't get the job, is this age discrimination?

Unless you live on a different planet, as soon as the guy asked you your age, it became age discrimination. Now, if you were alone in the room and no one else heard him, it may be a problem. But Federal law prohibits asking age or birthdate before you are accepted for the position.

It's against the law to ask that question in an interview or on an application. (With some minor exceptions.) At least that's what the lawyer who taught our Ethical and legal Issues class said. Get an attorney's opinion. You may not be able to prove it was asked but I'm pretty certain it's illegal.

u can ask how old someone is because #1 they are going to find out anyway reading your applications and they need to make sure u are not under 18 so u arent a minor "technically"

what kind of job was this anyway? u will probably get the job as he said there have been older people working b4 but have not lasted 2 weeks. sounds like a ups job or sumtin all they care about is if u can lift a lot of heavy **** and not cry

u can ask how old someone is because #1 they are going to find out anyway reading your applications and they need to make sure u are not under 18 so u arent a minor "technically"

They can ask if the job has some stautory liability to it. Chip n dales dancer (shudder) , Alcohol related, CDL, something hazordous, but technically it's illegal to even have DOB on an application if none of these types of things apply because they do not really have an impact on your ability to do the job.